Drinking songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient balladsJ. Johnson, 1783 - Ballads, English |
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... beauty's infipid when once ' tis enjoy'd ; But in wine I both time and enjoyment defy ; For the longer I drink , the more thirsty am I. Let murders , and battles , and history prove The mischiefs that wait upon rivals in love ; But in ...
... beauty's infipid when once ' tis enjoy'd ; But in wine I both time and enjoyment defy ; For the longer I drink , the more thirsty am I. Let murders , and battles , and history prove The mischiefs that wait upon rivals in love ; But in ...
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... beauty and refining love . There Peace fhall fpread her dove - like wing , And bid her olives round us fpring . There Truth fhall reign , a facred gucft ! And Innocence , to crown the reft . Begone , ambition , riches , toys , And ...
... beauty and refining love . There Peace fhall fpread her dove - like wing , And bid her olives round us fpring . There Truth fhall reign , a facred gucft ! And Innocence , to crown the reft . Begone , ambition , riches , toys , And ...
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... beauty . Let's be gay , While we may , Beauty's a flower defpis'd in decay . Let us drink and fport to - day , Ours is not to - morrow ; Love with youth flies fwift away , Age is nought but forrow . Dance and fing , Time's on the wing ...
... beauty . Let's be gay , While we may , Beauty's a flower defpis'd in decay . Let us drink and fport to - day , Ours is not to - morrow ; Love with youth flies fwift away , Age is nought but forrow . Dance and fing , Time's on the wing ...
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... beauty pine . Look within the bowl that's flowing , And a thousand charms you'll find , More than in Phillis , though juft going , In the moment to be kind . O. Alexander Alexander hated thinking , Drank about at council board ; 16 ...
... beauty pine . Look within the bowl that's flowing , And a thousand charms you'll find , More than in Phillis , though juft going , In the moment to be kind . O. Alexander Alexander hated thinking , Drank about at council board ; 16 ...
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... beauty , or honour , or gold ; That blifs in externals no mortal can find , And in truth , my good friends , I am quite of their mind . What makes a man happy , I never can doubt , ' Tis fomething within him , and nothing without ; This ...
... beauty , or honour , or gold ; That blifs in externals no mortal can find , And in truth , my good friends , I am quite of their mind . What makes a man happy , I never can doubt , ' Tis fomething within him , and nothing without ; This ...
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ANACREON Bacchus BALLAD Becauſe beſt bleffings bowl boys brave bumper call'd chear Comus dear defire delight Derry doth DRAGON OF WANTLEY drink earl earl Douglas earl Percy Engliſh eyes faid fair fair lady fame fear feen feven fhall fhould fhow fighs fight fing flain fleep fmile fome fong foon forrow foul ftand ftill ftrange ftrife fuch fure fweet gallant give glaſs gold hath heart himſelf honeft Horfely houſe huſband Johny Armstrong king lady laft lord lord Barnard mafter merry mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf ne'er never night noble o'er old cap pleaſe pleaſure praiſe preſently prince queen quoth fhe reft roſe ſaid ſee ſhall ſhe SONG SONG ſpace ſpeak ſtate ſweet tell thee there's theſe thofe thoſe thou art thouſand unto Vex'd vicar of Bray Whilft whofe Whoſe wife wine
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Page 153 - No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew : The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew. The redbreast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Page 140 - AN old song made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman, who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate ; Like an old courtier of the queen's, And the queen's old courtier.
Page 144 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and...
Page 252 - Sweet sister, do not fear ; God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children dear, When you are laid in grave.
Page 87 - Who God doth late and early pray, More of His grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend : This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 145 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat-- Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall we see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets-- Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Page 118 - Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate : And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell...
Page 82 - Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.
Page 253 - ... strife ; With one another they did fight About the children's life : And he that was of mildest mood, Did slay the other there, Within an unfrequented wood...
Page 24 - But an eternal health goes round. Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high, Fill all the glasses there, for why Should every creature drink but I? Why, man of morals, tell me why?